1. Country Classifications
A north/south model of classifying countries
Models for Grouping Countries
in the World

2. Grouping
Place the following countries in a group (1-5) based on their overall success, with 1 being the best and 5 being the worst.
Canada, Algeria, Brazil, England, Russia, China, Japan, Egypt, Israel, Germany, Argentina, Portugal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Iraq, Australia, Poland, Sweden, Turkey, Saudi Arabia

3. Country Classification
Most countries can be grouped according to their level of social and economic development
More Developed = Higher Ranking

4. Criteria for Country Classification
Social Development: level of education, health care, legal system, life expectancy, rate of infant mortality, etc.

5. Criteria for Country Classification
Economic Development: GDP (Gross Domestic Product), ratio of cars to people, per capita electrical power capacity, etc.

6. Missed it?
Terms such as Developed, Newly Industrialized and Developing have been used to group countries together based on similar social and economic development criteria.

7. A Three World Model of Country Classification
1.) Developed Countries
Socially and economically
I.E. Canada, the US, Germany, France, Japan.

8. A Three World Model of Country Classification
2.) Newly Industrialized Countries:
Identified based on economic characteristics
In transition from agriculture base to industrialized based.
I.E. India, China, Brazil and Mexico.

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3.) Developing Countries
Moving towards progressive social/economic status
I.E. Bangladesh, Haiti, Ethiopia, etc…

10. Problems? Too general Does not account for history
Can we have a world full of first world countries?

11. A Five World Model for Classifying Countries
1.) First World Countries (Developed countries.
I.E. Canada, US, Germany, France, Netherlands, etc…)

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2.) Second World Countries:
Those that were or are communist countries.
Similar social development, lacking economic development. (or vise versa)
I.E. China, Cuba, Russia, etc…

13. Why are communist countries in this group?
Corrupt governments
Communism works in theory but not in practice
Wealth is never evenly distributed

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3.) Third World Countries (Newly Industrialized)
I.E. India, China, Brazil, etc…

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4.) Fourth World Countries
Early stages of development
I.E. Rwanda, Swaziland, etc.

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5.) Fifth World Countries
Little evidence of any transition beginning
Often affected by war, drought, corruption, and natural disasters
I.E. Haiti, Afghanistan, Congo, Somalia, etc.